clothed with a short thin tomentum. Spikes in our specimens 5 inches long, and 10 inches in circumference, very densely
crowded with flowers, straw-coloured. Perianthium 4 -parted,
smooth, persistent: lacinise slender downwards, but broader and
concave at the points, which are more or less reflexed. Stamens
4, inserted in the hollow points of the laciniae. Style
smooth, exserted. Stigma a small brown glossy head.
We are obliged to Mr. John Miller, of the Bristol Nursery,
for an opportunity of giving a figure of this fine species of Bank-
sia, having received fine specimens from him in full bloom in
May last; and we are informed that it flowers annually at his
Nursery, and perfects its seeds, from which numerous young
plants are raised. The present species is one of the most desirable
of the small-leaved sorts, as it flowers so freely, and is
not difficult to cultivate. It is a native of Lewin’s Land, on the
south coast of New Holland, and was introduced to this country
in 1794^ but it still continues rather scarce; we have no doubt
but it would succeed well in a sheltered situation in the open
air, near the sea, in the southern counties, with little or no protection;
it is certainly worth the trial ; all the species of this
genus are singular, or magnificent plants, and flower freely when
they have attained a proper size; and we hope to give figures
of the whole of them in the course of our publication.
The present species succeeds best in an equal portion of
light turfy loam, peat, and sand, and the pots to be well drained
with potsherds, that the wet may pass off readily; ripened cuttings,
taken off at a joint, and planted in sand under a handglass,
without shortening the leaves, will strike root freely. The
genus was dedicated to the late Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, by the
younger Linnaeus.
1. Perianthium spread open, showing the four segments, with t in the hollow point of each. 2. Style. 3. Ovarium, terminated byh eth aen sthmeoro itnhs eSrttyelde and small purple Stigma. J